President Cyril Ramaphosa has come to the defence of Police Minister Bheki Cele amid calls for him to resign because policing under his leadership has “collapsed”. 👮♀️ Crime
, Ramaphosa told DA chief whip Siviwe Gwarube that Cele was not intentionally inciting violence when the police minister called on law enforcement officers to “shoot first and ask questions later” in November last year.
Gwarube had asked what action has Ramaphosa taken to reprimand Cele for the “grossly irresponsible utterance”. “Fighting crime has come at a cost for members of the South African Police Service across the country.“Twenty-two police officers were killed between July and September 2022. Taking this into account, I am informed that the intention of the minister was to call on South African Police Service members to defend themselves from criminals whenever they are under attack,” the president said.
“The intention was thus not to incite police officers to commit violence but to defend themselves when under attack with the appropriate and proportionate use of force, and within the confines of the law.”to vacate from office – with opposition parties, civil society organisations and police unions to calling on Ramaphosa to fire him instead.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor and Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu are among officials left out of the NEC.on a possible Cabinet reshuffle.
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